3) List errors in order (from the top of the page to the bottom, and from left to right).

4) The competition allows for only a single post per comic page. If you see five errors on a page, but somebody already posted a single one, do not post in the forum anymore. Just go <a href="http://www.errantstory.com/wiki/index.php/That_Typos_Thread">here</a> and enter the typos that were missing.

Whoever gets the most posts here by the time we get to the editing process for the next book will receive a free, autographed copy of the book, and a bonus prize. The next two runners up will also receive free copies of the book. ONLY FORUM POSTS WILL BE ACCEPTED AS VALID ENTRIES, SO PLEASE DO NOT E-MAIL YOUR ENTRY!

Good Luck!

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Hi Imp-chan,
should this become a "sticky" thread? I also recommend setting up a Wiki page for the typos. The community might save you the work of collecting them. This sounds just like the kind of thing Wikis are good for

These here are not part of the contest, since they don't refer to a web site update. They are in the printed Errant Story Vol 1. I thought I'd rather post them here than in the thread where you've asked me for them.
I'm not a native english speaker, so some of the stuff may be intentional and I just didn't get it

Hmm... I think I may have discovered the problem. When we first sent the edited and corrected files to the printer, there was a margins problem. I had Poe correct the margins in every file and resend... he may have used the unedited files, and we were just in such a hurry to get them to the printer (the books were supposed to be in our hands in time to send for Christmas) that I didn't see that he did.

Which completely sucks, because I specifically remember fixing the hearsay one.

Hmm... I think I may have discovered the problem. When we first sent the edited and corrected files to the printer, there was a margins problem. I had Poe correct the margins in every file and resend... he may have used the unedited files, and we were just in such a hurry to get them to the printer (the books were supposed to be in our hands in time to send for Christmas) that I didn't see that he did.

Quite annoying If it's a consolation to you, I've noticed that some typos were corrected. I even found one occasion where a missing word was inserted in the wrong place

Here's my list for volume 2. For the "Previously, In Errant Story Volume One" part I've just numbered the pages from 1 to 5.

There were some more "awhile" and "some where" which I didn't list because they felt more intentional to me. Also the occasional odd comma, but I'm not firm with punctuation rules myself Neither of those had a significant impact on my reading flow.

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Vol. 2. I'm using the paperback page numbering; was there even a hardback edition of this?

The hardcover books were a decision made by our previous publisher. Poe never really liked them much, so when we changed over to self-publishing we decided not to make any more of them. The current hardcovers of ES Vol. 1 and EN Vol. 1 are in fact limited edition... there will never be any more of them, and there were only around 500 copies ever produced.

It should be noted that when we do eventually publish <i>Exploitation Now Volume Two</i> in paperback the first edition of it will not be edited, and will contain all the original errors depicted on the website versions. We wanted it to match the first volume, and be a preservation of the original feel of the comic. However, the <i>Exploitation Now: Done With It All</i> book will be fully edited before it goes to print, since it's supposed to be a sort of special edition.

20060717, Last Panel, Second Bubble: "A regiment of soldiers routed out a fairly large troll settlements to the south a month ago." should be changed according to whether the plot requires there to be more than one troll settlement, about which I have no information.

20060717, Last Panel, Last Bubble: "I'd imagine we look like a pretty enticing spot for a group of angry, homeless trolls refugees" should be changed to either remove the S from the end of trolls or remove the word refugees.

Edit: Fix a typo I introduced myself and to attempt to get closer to Impy's format.

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20060721 Panel 1. Sara came to this village by way of a Veracian("run" may not be necessary) orphanage in Farrel. Her father was murdered some years earlier. (no caps necessary)
Panel 2. "And" is unnecessary. Starting out with the word Traditionally, has a nicer sound as well.

Side note:
How can one be raised to a full monk?

One could be raised to the level of full monk, assuming that this is some sort of highly traditionalized class system comprable to that of a belt colors in Karate or rank in the catholic church.

looking over Gambit's suggestions, i agree with the phrasing. however, they do not physically 'fit' as well in that space allotted by the speech bubbles and font size. so some word choices by Poe may have been made under that constraint.

looking over Gambit's suggestions, i agree with the phrasing. however, they do not physically 'fit' as well in that space allotted by the speech bubbles and font size. so some word choices by Poe may have been made under that constraint.

a type IS a typo, however. :P

I agree that space is an important consideration that I obliquely overlooked. Thanks for pointing that out. I understand that phrasing may need to be compressed for a speech bubble to be effective. This does not however mean that a careful consideration of what a character is saying and what a character may be Saying is out of place. The truth is, all the "typo's" we've seen so far could be easily explained as being a part of the stylistic "webcomic" world language that Poe is practicing. To judge this language by our "non-webcomic" standards would be like comparing apples and oysters.

There's only allowed to be one post per update, and only one page per post.

This is not a thread to discuss how the comic might be differently written in areas, that's what the regular threads are for. Nor is it a committee to determine how well someone did at claiming their post for any given page, or if they might have missed something (that could be taken up anywhere else). It's a contest of observational skill, and also my lazy way of keeping the typos being pointed out from being drowned in conversation so that I can refer back here later. Therefore, please keep posts limited to the areas defined in the first post.

There's only allowed to be one post per update, and only one page per post.

This is not a thread to discuss how the comic might be differently written in areas, that's what the regular threads are for. Nor is it a committee to determine how well someone did at claiming their post for any given page, or if they might have missed something (that could be taken up anywhere else). It's a contest of observational skill, and also my lazy way of keeping the typos being pointed out from being drowned in conversation so that I can refer back here later. Therefore, please keep posts limited to the areas defined in the first post.

20060728, Panel Two, Anne's Speech Bubble: "And something's up 'round here and..." - remove the "And" at the beginning of the setence as it gives a very awkward feel to it with two 'ands' so close together

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We are the music-makers, / And we are the dreamers of dreams, /
Wandering by lone sea-breakers, / And sitting by desolate streams; /
World-losers and world-forsakers, / On whom the pale moon gleams: / Yet
we are the movers and shakers / Of the world for ever, it seems.
(First stanza of Arthur O'Shaughnessy's piece, "Ode")

Just a question to clarify things...even if the first post 'wins,' but they miss errors on a page, can we still submit errors for the same page as non-contest 'entries,' but just to help you out in general for when you reformat the text later? The whole point of this is to make the comic better, not win things, right? ;)

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We are the music-makers, / And we are the dreamers of dreams, /
Wandering by lone sea-breakers, / And sitting by desolate streams; /
World-losers and world-forsakers, / On whom the pale moon gleams: / Yet
we are the movers and shakers / Of the world for ever, it seems.
(First stanza of Arthur O'Shaughnessy's piece, "Ode")

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